The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15


One Of largest uses for copper is In the
bolts and sheetings for ships. Under the
present tariff, with its duties ON timber,
copper and iron, American ship building
has almost entirely ceased, and our com
merce Is passing yearly more ana more In
10 the hands of foreigners
The idea IF protection Is 10 foster one an
dAStry at tie expense # another,
The prCtectiunst really says, though he
il careful not To say II in these words:
There are certain industries which can
live and prosper in this country. There
are certain others which, for various rea'
sens, can not live. Now We mean 10 have
the Improbable industries live. In order
to DO this we must make the prosperous
industries not only carry themselves, but
carry the dead weight of the others
| have republican friend who Is we'll
TODD farmer ia Illinois. Like myslf, he
was brought up to accept protection as
matter of course. We were brought up as
Massachusetts, wigs, and never had a
chance, in early days, 10 hear that there
could be any other side 10 the tariff ques-
ton. Talking with him recently found
that the present prices Of wheat and corn
and beef and pork ale beginning TO give
him an impression that something Is out of
Joint He saw that manufacturers are
generally growing rich and farmers gener-
ally are growing poor. Still lie was in
doubt what hurt him and his neighbors.
| asked him to consider this; you
raised last year 5000 bushels Of corn, and
il brought you 80 cents bushel Now
out of this 5000 bushels you paid almost
@,OOO III the way OF taxes ne govern
ment got less man one'il'h OF II, ana the
rest Went I" heIp some h'ahuiac,ufer Keep
up his Dig prOhts, lou USED 9oo IDS Oh
sugar In your family % nuSheiS OF your
corn "eh' ~ heIP the sugar Pla"'e'' vi
louisiana You say sugar Is very cheap
30 II Is; nut remember mat goou, ne" SUI
gar sells III havana To-Day al less lhah TWO
cents ponnd, ana mat you couIu ouy IL
any where al the west AZ cents pnuhu
were II not Tor the 'alih' JUS, as the Eng.
Ism 90 to-uay ana relhrihpeT' 'oo' 'hat
LOUISIANA produces about haif rs much SUI
gar AS she dio ~ years ago "heh 'he uuty
was less y,
your ne" Stove COST you 10 pushels oi
corn, 81 bushels went 10 the IRON manu-
iacturer OF rehnsyiVahia' our no"
barbed wire renee cost you Slao; w Du,
shells OF corn paid LOT your renee ana ioo
were your conuiDu'ioh lot keeping up me
iron mills. Your cattle DARE "hlch TOOK
2oWO feet OF lumber required you also 10
make present oi ioo pusheis W tme poor
men VINO own the tlinOer mhds Oh "lScoh,
sin and Michigan. Your ne" carpet COST
you 24O bushels OF corn, ana loo bushels
OF tnat went 10 Keep up the "ooien hiilis
OF the country your WOODEN Cio'hihg LOT
yourself ana your boys TOOK oo~ ousheis Oh
corn, ana the WOODEN miiis got ooo Oh tha'
That coat OF paint which you gave your
house cost you SUI busheis OF corn, ana
100 more went 70 heip the "hite lead man
ufacturer.
"On these seven articles you nave paIu
1910 bushels more than you ought 10 pay
1t YOU used American manufacture alone
All that the government gov OUT oi the
whole was the 20 bushels extra when you
paid for the sugar. III You bought glass
you PAID four ousheis 70 the manufacturers
proht Tor every lVe when the grass realiy
would cost you without arlN' your
farm machinery cost you ID per cent extra
on the iron, ana ABOUT ten per cent on tle
WOOD. Your taoie cFochery COST you %
per cent extra; your rice ~ per cent;
your salt 81 per cent all little articles
which you use around the house your
knives, your scissors your needles, pins
razors, thread, pens INK, paper, DOORS,
cost on an average Az per cent. more than
they need cost:
~" Now, admitting that In manufacturing
all these things, certain number OF men
and women "h" are generally imported
from Europe Tor the purpose, are employ
ed; don't y"n think that qHarter OF your
corn crop Is lttle more than your snare
In Keeping up manufacturing interests OF
our great nation have you inquired up
exactly where y0"r pront comes IN Cah
not The 'hing be equaliIed iitt!e Oetter
You have never had occasion 10 discuss
as some If n corporations nave hau 10 40,